![]() When ''Child's Play'' was produced, he refused to reveal the name of his school because he thought that theatergoers would think the work was based on reality. He was a classical scholar and before writing the play taught Latin, Greek and English at Regis. Marasco was born in the Bronx and graduated from Regis High School in Manhattan and Fordham University. Merrick subsequently produced the film version of the play, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring James Mason and Robert Preston. Howard won Tony awards, as did Joseph Hardy for his direction and Jo Mielziner for the lighting and Gothic set design. Leading the cast were Fritz Weaver, Ken Howard, Pat Hingle and David Rounds. Produced by David Merrick, it ran for 343 performances. ''Child's Play,'' an eerie melodrama about incidents of evil in a Roman Catholic boys' school, was a surprise success in 1970. ![]() ![]() He died of lung cancer, said his sister, Carole Melillo. Robert Marasco, a playwright and novelist who wrote the long-running Broadway thriller ''Child's Play,'' died on Sunday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. ![]()
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